Elon Musk waded back into politics Saturday with a series of sharp social media criticisms of the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill,” calling it “utterly insane” and “political suicide.”
The SpaceX CEO, who turned 54 on Saturday, expressed his frustration and rage at the massive spending bill on social media ahead of the critical vote on which the Trump agenda hinges.
“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” the former DOGE chief wrote on X ahead of a Senate debate on the legislation.
“Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future,” Musk concluded.
In successive posts, Musk had even more strongly worded warnings for the GOP.
“Polls show that this bill is political suicide for the Republican Party,” the birthday boy later wrote on X.
Musk further claimed that the bill raised the debt ceiling by $5 trillion and would put “America in the fast lane to debt slavery!”
The billionaire’s fallout earlier this month with former ally President Trump was apparently set-off by disagreements about the massive spending bill that was undergoing a procedural vote late Saturday.
That spat culminated with Musk endorsing the impeachment and removal of his former chosen candidate.
Musk later apologized to the president, who suggested that a reconciliation between the former allies is still in the cards.
Trump raged on Truth Social Saturday night as a procedural vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill” languished on the Senate floor, calling out Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), saying the Tarheel was making a “BIG MISTAKE for America,” by not voting for the bill.
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